In the war on disinformation, the enemy can be hard to determine. Journalists, politicians, governments and even grandparents have been accused of enabling the spread of online falsehoods.
While none of these groups is entirely innocent, the real adversary is more mundane. As Facebook whistle-blower Frances Haugen testified late last year, social media’s own algorithms are what make disinformation accessible.
Since its launch in 2004, Facebook has grown from a students’ social networking site into a surveillance monster that destroys social cohesion and democracy worldwide. It collects troves of user data — including intimate facts, such as body weight and pregnancy status